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(No Model.)

T. CLARK.

DEVICE EOE. ADVERTISING,

JNO'. 395,953. 1H Patented Jan. 8, 1889.,

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Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS CLARK, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ANNA JANE CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR ADVERTISING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,953, dated January 8,1889..

Application filed May 3, 1888` Serial No. 272,696. (No model.)

lle it known that I, THOMAS CLARK, a citizen of the VUnited States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ot' Kin and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in lDevices tor Advertising, of which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device by which illustrations and advertisements' can be conveniently and attractively displayed, as set t'orth in the tollowi ng specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-q Figure l is a plan view ot a device for displaying advertisements. l `ig. 2 is a section in the piane .r a', Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, the device being closed.

Si m ila r hitters indicate correspon din g pa rts.

ln the drawings is shown the representation ot' a bird, the let te A Vindicating the body, B the head, and t) the tail. The wil'lgs l) are made in sections to t'old and unfold, and the sections are, v[Virovided with receiving-spaces It). The reeeivingspaccs serve for the reception ot' names, addresses, incmorandums, or pictures and illustrations ot' various kinds, according to the nature olf the article to be proi'lueed, whieh may be either an advertisin d eviee, a p( eket-panorama, an almanac, memm'amluni-book, or other article. When one ot the t'olding and unfolding wings l) is extended, as shown in the case ot' one of the wings in Fig. l, the receiving-spaces E, together with their contents, are revealed to view. On elosing the exti-'nsble portion, as seen in the case ot' the other wing in Fig. l, the. reeeiving-spaces E are concealed from view and the folded portion presents the appearance ot? being the bird.

To hold the folding and unfolding wings closed a lock, H, is applied. In Fig. l the lock H is shown in. full lines as being' out of engagement with the Wings D. Vhen the lock His swung' or moved to the position shown in Fig. 3, or to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, said lock will prevent the opening of the win The body A of the bird shown in the drawings is mounted upon a back or cover, F, having a joint or hinge, G. Then the extensible portion is closed and locked, the cover F can be closed, as shown in Fig. f3, thus protecting the device from injury.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An advertising' device consisting of the body in the form of a bird having the wings at opposite sides each composed of a series of sections to fold and unfold, and the several sections of each win g having spaces to receive advertisements or the like, substantially as described.

An advertising' device consisting ofthe body in the form of; a bird having the Wings at opposite sides each composed of a series of sections to told and unfold, and locks H, for holding the wings folded, the several sections of each wing having spaces to receive advertisements or the like, substantially as shown and described.

3. An advertising device consisting ofthe folding cover F, having the joint (i, and the body A in the form of a bird mounted on the cover, and having the wings l) at opposite sides, each composed of a series of sections to told and unfold, and the several sections of each wingl having spaces tor advertisements or the like, sulistantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribi ng witnesses.-

THOMAS CLARK. V[L s] lVitnesses:

WM. C. HTUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

